Midland, Texas, surrounded by her family. She was born Feb. 7, 1937, in Pratt, the daughter of Claude E. and Jessie F. (Patrick) Hindman. She lived in Pratt until moving to Oklahoma in 1980, then to Midland, Texas in 1990, where she and her husband retired from the oil industry.

She worked as a CNA in Pratt, and Cushing, Okla, then kept books for her and her husband's oil reclaiming businesses.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Clark E. Stone, and brother Eugene Hindman.